For big multinationals that love tax havens, the start of 2024 was not a cause for celebration. On Jan. 1, the European Union, Japan, Canada, and Australia joined other jurisdictions in requiring their largest companies to ...
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Is economic growth good for us? Put another way, we know that growing the economy is good for business and for creating jobs. But does it help everyone in society? One way to answer this question is to explore what it does ...
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Jan 16, 2024
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A trio of environmental engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago, has used census data and an annual demographics survey to make predictions about U.S. city population growth or decline in the years leading up to 2100.
New research finds that corporate executives are more likely to increase their profits from insider trading when individual state income taxes go up, presumably because the executives are attempting to offset the increased ...
Economics & Business
Jan 9, 2023
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Researchers at Iowa State University found significantly different state tax rates affect where new businesses set up shop near state lines. Their study published in the journal Small Business Economics shows the fourth greatest ...
Economics & Business
May 24, 2022
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A new universal basic income model could cut poverty by more than half at no net cost, reducing it to its lowest level for 60 years, according to a report co-authored by a University of York academic.
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May 24, 2022
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Agencies that rate and rank nations, corporations and colleges wield enormous power, influencing investment flows and prompting leaders to pursue policies that might improve their standing.
Economics & Business
May 17, 2022
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A new analysis found that achieving a "fair" state income tax system is more complicated than the debate between a flat tax rate and a graduated rate would suggest.
Economics & Business
Apr 20, 2022
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In a recent paper by the Penn Wharton Budget Model, authors Efraim Berkovich, director of computational dynamics; Daniela Costa, economist; and Austin Herrick, senior analyst, account for the differences between immigrants ...
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Apr 20, 2022
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Soon, $50 and $100 bills may be a thing of the past. That's the future some economists are predicting—and want.
Economics & Business
Sep 7, 2021
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